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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [May, 
  

  

  tions 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  place 
  of 
  meeting, 
  topics 
  to 
  be 
  discussed, 
  etc., 
  will 
  be 
  eas- 
  

   ily 
  settled. 
  

  

  crossi 
  

  

  do, 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  attendance 
  would 
  lose 
  its 
  threatening 
  aspect. 
  The 
  

   World's 
  Fair 
  cannot 
  be 
  expected 
  to 
  solve 
  the 
  problem, 
  although 
  it 
  can 
  

   be 
  made 
  to 
  contribute 
  something 
  to 
  that 
  end. 
  Some 
  reliance 
  can 
  doubt- 
  

   less 
  be 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  reputation 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  for 
  its 
  wonderful 
  natu- 
  

   ral, 
  social 
  and 
  political 
  features. 
  Something 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  oifer- 
  

   ing 
  an 
  attractive 
  excursion. 
  And 
  much 
  can 
  undoubtedly 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  

   personal 
  invitation 
  from 
  American 
  botanists 
  to 
  their 
  foreign 
  acquaint- 
  

   ances 
  and 
  correspondents. 
  In 
  some 
  cases 
  there 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  of 
  giving 
  these 
  in 
  person, 
  as 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  intervening 
  seasons 
  

   for 
  vacation 
  travels, 
  during 
  which 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  botanists 
  will 
  doubtless 
  

   cross 
  the 
  Atlantic. 
  A 
  personal 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  matter 
  along 
  with 
  the 
  

   invitation 
  will 
  have 
  much 
  more 
  weight 
  than 
  a 
  simple 
  general 
  invitittion. 
  

   The 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  must 
  necessarily 
  be 
  in 
  August 
  or 
  Septem- 
  

   ber, 
  as 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  months 
  that 
  all 
  university 
  teachers 
  are 
  disen- 
  

   gaged. 
  

  

  The 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  meeting 
  might 
  conform 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  A. 
  A. 
  A.S^ 
  

   although 
  there 
  are 
  good 
  reasons 
  for 
  having 
  it 
  at 
  a 
  different 
  time 
  

  

  and 
  

  

  place. 
  At 
  any 
  event 
  it 
  would 
  probably 
  be 
  best 
  to 
  hold 
  it 
  at 
  some 
  other 
  

   place 
  than 
  Chicago, 
  as 
  also 
  suggested 
  by 
  Professors 
  Penhallow 
  and 
  Scrib- 
  

   ner. 
  My 
  own 
  preference 
  would 
  be 
  for 
  Philadelphia 
  or 
  Washington. 
  I' 
  

   it 
  were 
  not 
  for 
  the 
  heat, 
  Washington 
  would 
  certainly 
  be 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  

   a 
  most 
  attractive 
  place 
  of 
  meeting. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Farlow 
  observes 
  in 
  his 
  letter 
  that 
  " 
  when 
  a 
  foreign 
  botanist 
  

   makes 
  up 
  his 
  mind 
  to 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  he 
  counts 
  upon 
  seeing 
  

   California, 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  country 
  generally 
  ; 
  and 
  to 
  

   see 
  all 
  these 
  regions 
  requires 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  money. 
  It 
  seenis 
  

   to 
  me 
  that 
  foreigners 
  would 
  be 
  disappointed 
  if 
  they 
  only 
  saw 
  the 
  country 
  

   between 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  Chicago, 
  and 
  few 
  could 
  afford 
  to 
  pay 
  their 
  ex- 
  

   penses 
  to 
  distant 
  points." 
  Next 
  to 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  securing 
  the 
  desired 
  

   attendance, 
  I 
  think 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  excursions 
  and 
  entertainment 
  the 
  

   most 
  difficult. 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  not 
  much 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  without 
  the 
  use 
  

   of 
  a 
  considerable 
  sum 
  of 
  money. 
  Excursion 
  rates 
  could 
  doubtless 
  be 
  

   obtained, 
  which 
  would 
  enable 
  most 
  American 
  botanists, 
  who 
  so 
  chose, 
  to 
  

   be 
  of 
  the 
  party; 
  but 
  to 
  secure 
  money 
  enough 
  to 
  pay 
  the 
  expenses, 
  or 
  

   even 
  the 
  railway 
  fare 
  of 
  foreign 
  visitors 
  across 
  the 
  continent 
  and 
  back 
  

   would 
  require 
  much 
  exertion. 
  Possibly 
  some 
  means 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  ot 
  

   meeting 
  these 
  expenses 
  aside 
  from 
  direct 
  contributions 
  of 
  money. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  excursion, 
  both 
  time 
  and 
  money 
  will 
  neces^ 
  

   sitate 
  moderation 
  in 
  laying 
  the 
  plans. 
  It 
  seems, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  cbie 
  

   trip 
  should 
  extend 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  far 
  west 
  as 
  the 
  Yellowstone 
  Park. 
  The 
  

   southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  cau 
  be 
  left 
  out 
  with 
  good 
  grace, 
  considering 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  will 
  be 
  the 
  hottest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  in 
  all 
  proba- 
  

   bility. 
  But 
  these 
  matters 
  can 
  be 
  discussed 
  later. 
  

  

  

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